Match Report
5 points and 1 places separated them: Cameroon 1st with 14, Zimbabwe 2nd with 9. Zimbabwe's recent output lagged their position: 19th on form over five rounds while 2nd in the table. Per game in the league, Cameroon were scoring 1.33 and conceding 0.33, Zimbabwe 1 and 0.67, against a competition average of 1.1 goals per team per game.
Cameroon carried a 7-game unbeaten run into this. Defeat had not touched Zimbabwe in 5 games.
The match was played at Stade Omnisport Ahmadou Ahidjo in Yaounde (capacity 42,500). P. Ndabihawenimana took charge of the match — our records show 26 games refereed with an average of 1.8 yellow cards per game. On the scoreboard, Cameroon led 2-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 2-1.
Goal scorers
Cameroon: Vincent Aboubakar (18'), Georges-Kévin N'Koudou (23') · Zimbabwe: Terrence Dzvukamanja (73')